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AI Regulation: Microsoft Leaves OpenAI, Senate Probes and Calls for Balance
artificial intelligence // July 10, 2024

As artificial intelligence reshapes the tech landscape, regulators and lawmakers are scrambling to keep pace. Microsoft’s withdrawal from OpenAI’s board, an upcoming Senate hearing on AI privacy, and expert calls for a new regulatory approach highlight the complex challenges facing the AI industry and its...

Retailers Turn Digital Breadcrumbs Into Better Customer Experiences
artificial intelligence // June 24, 2024

Every time you swipe a credit card, click on a website or carry your phone, you leave behind digital breadcrumbs. For most people, this trail of data seems insignificant. But to a growing army of analysts, it’s a potential goldmine. Welcome to the world of...

At Senate Hearing, CFPB’s Chopra Warns of ‘Financial Surveillance’
CFPB // June 12, 2024

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra took note during his Wednesday appearance before the Senate Banking Committee that companies including PayPal and JPMorgan are monetizing customers’ financial data — warning the country is moving toward an age of “financial surveillance.” The focus of the...

Apple Intelligence’s Predictive AI May Impact Shopping as We Know It
artificial intelligence // June 11, 2024

Apple’s foray into artificial intelligence (AI), unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference, aims to transform how consumers interact with their devices and, more importantly, how they shop. If Apple has its way,  your iPhone knows your shopping preferences and predicts your next purchase. Apple Intelligence...

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Retailers Turn Digital Breadcrumbs Into Better Customer Experiences

June 24, 2024
Every time you swipe a credit card, click on a website or carry your phone, you leave behind digital breadcrumbs. For most people, this trail of data seems insignificant. But to a growing army of analysts, it’s a potential goldmine. Welcome to the world of data mining, where researchers sift through mountains of information to […]

5 Things to Watch as Open Banking Gains Ground in the US

June 06, 2024
Open banking’s success in the United States — as with any ecosystem — will hinge on several factors, none guaranteed. But, with lessons learned from abroad, and with an incrementally...

Real-Time Transactions and Regulations Continue to Shape Payments

May 24, 2024
When it comes to payments innovations, banks and payment companies have held up their end of the deal. Instant payments, pay-by-bank, digital wallets, artificial intelligence and tokenization all have been pushed forward from the...

Open-Loop Payments Help Advance Smart City Innovation

May 14, 2024
The concept of the connected commuter is gaining momentum, driven by the increasing reliance on digital solutions for travel and commuting needs. PYMNTS Intelligence research highlighted this trend, revealing an...

Quick Reads
Meta’s AI Training Plans Targeted by EU Privacy Group

June 06, 2024
Meta’s plans for training its AI have run afoul of a European privacy group. Vienna-based NOYB — the European Center for Digital Rights —  said Thursday (June 6) it had filed complaints with 11 European countries, arguing that Meta’s use of user data in its AI proposed AI practices violate the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The group asks […]

Transcend Raises $40 Million to Grow Data Privacy Platform

May 28, 2024
Transcend raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to continue growing its suite of privacy and artificial intelligence governance solutions. The company started with a “virtual kill-switch for...

European Data Protection Authorities to Investigate OpenAI’s ChatGPT

May 24, 2024
A task force of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released a report that will guide member countries’ data protection authorities (DPAs) as they investigate OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT. The report provides preliminary views on some aspects of...

Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Iris-Scanning Operations in Hong Kong

May 22, 2024
Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning digital identity startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has been ordered to cease its operations in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said in a...